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Franklin County recorded an unemployment rate of 2.9% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 699 people out of the 54,829 living in Franklin County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Franklin County has decreased compared to the 4.3% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Franklin County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 4.5%.

Of the 23,820 people who had a job during that time, 53 were employed in the Armed Forces and 23,767 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	699	2.9%
Employed	23,820	97.1%
Employed in civilian labor force	23,767	96.9%
Employed in armed forces	53	0.2%